When predicting the Central Division standings back before the season started, pundits got hung up on the bubble teams. They named Colorado and Minnesota as the top two pretty consistently, and number three seemed to be Winnipeg’s to lose, but those potential wild card spots were a crap shoot. Predictions shifted back and forth between St. Louis and Dallas... or maybe it was Chicago and Nashville... or Nashville and Dallas... or maybe St. Louis and Nashville...
Who knows, right? And predictions are only as good as the teams that you’re talking about. Minnesota, Winnipeg, and St. Louis seem to be the three teams in the Central duking it out for the guaranteed playoff spots, and the wild card currently is down to.